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Saeed Rashwand
Computer Science Department
University of Manitoba
CURRICULUM VITAE
Contact Information
Personal Information:
Languages: English, Persian, Spanish
Email: Rashwand@cs.umanitoba.ca
Homepage: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~rashwand/
School:
Department of Computer Science
University of Manitoba
500 University Centre,
R3T 2N2,
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Fields of Interest
Performance evaluation, queuing theory analysis, protocols & mechanisms
& architectures design and evaluation, and implementation of
Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs)
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs)
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs)
Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs)
Mesh Networks
Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
Cloud Computing
Performance evaluation and development of quantitative systems in the field of
computational finance
Computer Security
Artificial Intelligence
Education
Sep. 2008-Apr. 2012 University of Manitoba Winnipeg – Manitoba – Canada
Ph.D. Computer Science
GPA: 4.375/4.5 (97.2%)
Ranked 1 st among all Ph.D. students, Department of Computer Science
Ph.D. Thesis title: “Efficient Wireless Communications in Healthcare
Networks; Design and Performance Evaluation”
o Developing complex analytical models which were solved using Maple and
validated by our own developed simulation models using Opnet
Supervisors: Dr. Jelena Misic and Dr. Rasit Eskicioglu

I have received more than 10 prestigious awards, scholarships, and fellowships during
my PhD study. I have also published 19 papers in prestigious journals and conferences
during my PhD study.
Sep.2005 - Jan. 2008 Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)
Tehran – Iran
M.SC. Computer Science
GPA: 18.82/20 (94.1%)
Ranked 1 st among all M.Sc. students, Department of Math and Computer
Science
M.Sc. Thesis Title: "Designing an Access Control Architecture for
Pervasive Computing Environments"
Supervisors: Dr. S. Mehdi Hashemi
Dr. Ali Mohades
Dr. Hossein Pedram
Sep. 2001- Apr. 2005 Imam Khomeini International University Ghazvin – Iran
B.SC. Mathematics
GPA: 17.39/20 (87%)
Ranked 1 st among all B.Sc. graduates, Department of Mathematics
Selected as the best student of the university for two successive years.
Sep. 1997 - Apr. 2001 Seyyedoshohada High School (for Genius Students)
Ghazvin – Iran
Diploma with Math and Physics Discipline
Each year Top 50 students in the city could pass the School's entrance exam
GPA: 18.55/20 (92.8%)
Ranked 1 st among all the students
Publications
Journal Papers
Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "Stable Operation of IEEE 802.11e
EDCA; Interaction Between Offered Load and MAC Parameters", Ad Hoc
Networks Journal; Special Issue: IEEE 802.11e/p, 2011.
Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "IEEE 802.11e EDCA under Bursty
Traffic - How Much TXOP Can Improve Performance", IEEE Transactions
on Vehicular Technology, 2011.
Jelena Misic and Saeed Rashwand, "Analysis of Impact of TXOP Allocation
on IEEE 802.11e EDCA Under Variable Network Load", IEEE
Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2010.
Saeed Rashwand, Jelena Misic and Hamzeh Khazaei, "IEEE 802.15.6 Under
Saturation, Some Problems To Be Expected", Journal of Communications
and Networks; Special Issue: Emerging Technologies and Applications of
Wireless Communication in Healthcare, 2011.

Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "Frame Delay Analysis of CSMA
mechanism of IEEE 802.15.6", IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications, to appear, 2012.
Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "Effects of Access Phases on
Performance of IEEE 802.15.6 CSMA/CA Mechanism", Journal of
Computer Networks, to appear, 2012.
Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "Impact of Priority Differentiation on
the Bridged WBAN/WLAN Healthcare Networks", Journal of Wireless
Communications and Mobile Computing, to appear, 2012.
Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "Bridging Between IEEE 802.15.6 and
IEEE 802.11e for Wireless Healthcare Networks", Ad-Hoc Network
Journal, to appear, 2012.
Jelena Misic, Vojislav Misic, Saeed Rashwand, and Serkan Ozturk
"Rendezvous and Recovery in Channel-Hopping Cognitive Personal Area
Networks", IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, Under Review, 2012.
Hamzeh Khazaei, Jelena Misic, Vojislav Misic, and Saeed Rashwand,
"Analysis of a Pool Management Scheme for Cloud Computing Centers",
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Under Review, 2012.
Conference Papers
Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "Performance Evaluation of IEEE
802.15.6 Under Non-Saturation Condition", Proceedings of 2011 IEEE
Globecom conference (Globecom'11), December 5-9, 2011.
Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "Two-Tier WBAN/WLAN Healthcare
Networks; Priority Considerations ", Proceedings of 2012 IEEE Globecom
conference (Globecom'12), to appear, December 3-7, 2012.
Saeed Rashwand, Jelena Misic and Hamzeh Khazaei, "Performance Analysis
of IEEE 802.15.6 Under Saturation Condition and Error-Prone Channel",
Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
(WCNC'11), March 28-31, 2011.
Saeed Rashwand, Jelena Misic and Vojislav Misic, "MAC Performance
Modeling of IEEE 802.15.6-based WBANs Over Rician-Faded Channels",
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'12), June 10-15,
2012.
Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "Impacts of Node Population and TXOP
on Stable Operation of IEEE 802.11e EDCA", Proceedings of 6th
International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference
(IWCMC'10), June 28-July 2, 2010.
Jelena Misic and Saeed Rashwand, "Stability Boundaries Between Non-
Saturation and Saturation Regimes for IEEE 802.11e EDCA", Proceedings
of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'10), May 23-
27, 2010.

Saeed Rashwand and Jelena Misic, "A Novel Access Control Framework for
Secure Pervasive Computing", Proceedings of 6th International Wireless
Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC'10), June 28-July
2, 2010.
Jelena Misic, Ghada Badawy, Saeed Rashwand and Vojislav Misic, "Trade
Off Issues for CCH/SCH Duty Cycle for IEEE 802.11p Single Channel
Devices'", Proceedings of 2010 IEEE Globecom conference (Globecom'10),
December 6-10, 2010.
Saeed Rashwand, Jelena Misic, Vojislav Misic, Subir Biswas, and Md.
Mahbubul Haque, "A Novel Asynchronous, Energy Efficient, Low
Transmission Delay MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks",
Proceedings of 29th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing
Systems Workshops (ICDCSW'09), June 22-26, 2009.
Subir Biswas, Md. Mahbubul Haque, Saeed Rashwand, and Jelena Misic,
"Fast, Seamless Rekeying in Wireless Sensor Networks", Proceedings
of 29th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
Workshops (ICDCSW'09), June 22-26, 2009.
Awards and Honors
Recipient of University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF),
2011
UMGF is the most prestigious fellowship of the University of
Manitoba
Recipient of Manitoba Graduate Scholarship (MGS), 2011
MGS is offered to the top Ph.D. student who wins UMGF in
the school.
Recipient of University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF),
2010
Recipient of Manitoba Graduate Scholarship (MGS), 2010
Recipient of Gordon P. Osler Graduate Scholarship, 2010
Recipient of International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS), 2010
Recipient of Faculty of Science Scholarship, 2009
Faculty of Science Scholarship is the most prestigious
scholarship of Faculty of Science at University of Manitoba
Recipient of International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS), 2009
Recipient of Faculty of Science Scholarship, 2008
Recipient of International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship
(IGSES), 2008
Ranked 1 st among all M.Sc. students of computer science, Department of
Math and Computer Science ( GPA: 94.1% ), 2008
Graduated as a talented student with an offer to study Ph.D. at Amirkabir
University of Technology without attending the entrance exam

The Best Graduate Seminar, entitled "Intrusion Detection in Ad-Hoc
Networks", at Faculty of Math and Computer Science, Amirkabir
University of Technology, 2006
Entering Graduate Program (M.Sc.) at the Dept. of Math and Computer
Science, Amirkabir University of Technology, (First Established
Technical University in Iran and Among the Top Two in the Whole
Country), Through a National Exam. ( In Iran, each year about 5000
senior undergraduate students participate in a nationwide entrance exam
for entering the graduate program of national universities in computer
science major and only 40 students are admitted in the whole country),
2005
Accepted in M.Sc. program, Pure Mathematics, Sharif University of
Technology, September 2005
Accepted in M.Sc. program, Applied Mathematics, Ferdowsi
University of Mashhad, September 2005
Appreciated by the dean of Imam Khomeini International University for
Achieving the 1 st Place Among Mathematics Students Entered in 2001-
2002,
Admitted for studying mathematics for M.Sc. degree as an award,
2005
Selected as The Best Student of the Imam Khomeini International
University (Each year 10 students are selected as the best students of the
university), 2005
Fifth place in National Mathematics Competition for university students
(Iran), among 200 top university students in Mathematics, 2005.
Entering Imam Khomeini International University through a national
exam among all the students nationwide (500,000) for B.Sc. degree in
Mathematics, 2001
Ranked 1 st among all graduate students of High School of
Seyyedoshohada,2001
Qualified for National Mathematics Olympiad, 2000
Qualified for National Olympiad in Informatics, 2000
Graduate Course Work
Mobile Networks and Security (A+)
Wireless Sensor Networks (A+)
Queuing Theory and Performance Evaluation (A+)
Advanced Human Computer Interactions (A)

Advanced Computer Systems (19/20)
Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks (18.5/20)
Advanced Operating Systems (18.5/20)
Advanced Artificial Intelligence (18.5/20)
Logic Programming (19.5/20)
Theory of Computer Science (20/20)
Image Processing (17/20)
Seminar on E-Governments (20/20)
Networks Security (audit)
Advanced Computer Security (audit)
Computer Network Design (audit)
Computer Organization (audit)
Distributed systems (audit)
Research Experience
2009-present: Performance evaluation and mechanism design for
Wireless Body Area Networks
Developing sophisticated analytical and simulation models
• Analytical models were solved using Maple
• Simulation models were developed using Opnet
2012: Performance and Optimization Modeling of JBB Mobile Field
Cloud
Developing the application using Java script by deploying
Google Apps.
2008-2009: Investigating the performance of MAC protocols for
Wireless Sensor Networks including STEM, S-MAC, T-MAC, PAMAS,
SMACS, DPS-MAC, LEACH, TRAMA, and a new designed protocol called HES-
MAC
Implementation using Sunspots and T-Mote sensors
Simulation using Omnet++
2008-2009: Developing a Sensor RSSI-based Localization Mechanism
in home and office environments
Performance investigation through a real implementation using
Sunspot and T-Mote sensors
2008-2009: Developing Indoor Group Tracking and Traffic
Management Applications
Implementation by means of Sunspot sensors
2008-2009: Design and performance evaluation of Multiple-target
Selection methods For Handheld devices using finger tips.
2008-2009: Design and performance evaluation of a Target Selection
method in 3D scene Using Mobile device and Tilt Sensor as an input
device
2007-2008: Design and implementation of the first automatic Farsi
cheque processing system

2007-2008: Developing the first prolog-based Farsi Chatbot
2006-2007: Designing and investigating E-Government strategies for
Iran
Technical Skills
Programming Languages: Java, C/C++, C#, Prolog, Pascal, Visual
Basics, PHP, Shell Script, Maple, Java Script, and SQL
Simulation Environments: Opnet, Omnet++, Glomosim, Matlab, and
Artifex
Professional Activities
Reviewer of numerous journals and conferences, for example
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
IEEE transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Journal of Computer Networks (COMNET)
Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN)
ICC 2012
Globecom 2011
TrackChair 2011
Technical Program Committee member of
CSS 2012
FutureTech 2012
IEEE MASS 2011
BodyNets 2010
References
Dr. Jelena Misic (jmisic@scs.ryerson.ca)
Dr. Vojislav Misic (vmisic@scs.ryerson.ca)
Dr. Pourang Irani (irani@cs.umanitoba.ca)